/*
 * File Name     : @(#)IDOMParser.java
 * Creation Date : Sep 9, 2009
 * Author        : Anirudh Vyas
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package hcis.service.xml.parser;

import hcis.service.xml.parseable.IParseable;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;

/**
 * A DOM Parser.
 * 
 * @author rudra
 */
public interface IDOMParser extends IParser {

	/**
	 * Parses a parse-able XML document and generates a model based on XSD schema bindings.
	 * 
	 * @param parseable
	 *            parse-able literal.
	 * @return in-memory DOM document.
	 */
	public abstract Document parseDOM(final IParseable parseable);

}
